Sangamon Sun

Athens Community Unit School District 213 welcomed 1,005 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 1.9% decrease from the previous school year.

Cantrall Elementary School had the largest enrollment in the district with 325 students.

Athens Community Unit School District 213 roughly covers schools within Menard and Sangamon Counties and has a main office in Athens.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Cantrall Elementary School	325	-5%
Athens Senior High School	306	-5.3%
Cantrall Intermediate School	213	-1.4%
Athens Junior High School	161	12.6%